Type-writing machine.



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H. L. WAGNER. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1906.

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pnrrnn s'rATns PATENT I HERMN L. WAGNER, or MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR To UNDER oon TYPEWRITER COMPANY,-

, or NEW-JERSEY;

To all whom/fit may concern: Be it known that I, HERMAN L. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in I Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented ,cer-I tain new and usefulImprovements-in Type- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

v g This invention relatesto that class of tabulatingmechanisms for typewritingand other which independently operable denomination keys are provided.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple,- comdpact, inexpensive and ,5.

' ism which can readily tabulating mechane be attached to machines in course of manufacture or. alreadyin' existence. w y In the preferred formof the invention, the keys are mounted in a row. on the ends of short arms which, extend forwardly from the out bar of the paper carriage, and denomination stops are formed on or rigidly' connect-- edto said arms, soas to be depressible independently of one another-by the keys into,

conveniently operate position to engage column stops provided upon the framework, p

One of the aims of the invention is to secure compactness of the tabulating mechanism,

and to this end the denomination stops are placed side by side at letter space intervals,

bearing arms are mounted some.

I on one side and some on the other of the series after appear.

with my im rovements.

of stops, the latter being elo'se .to the keys.

The key-bearing arms taken withthe stopsform bails of graduated sizes which are nested together in two sets the key' -bearing' arms fanning out at each side of the set of stops, so as to afford room for the keys, the row of keys being much longer than the row of stops.

I" show my improvements applied to a power-driven carriage whichis provided with a'releasing mechanism, inclusiveof abai extending along the row of denomination keys in juxtaposition thereto, so that it is convenient' to depress said release bar simultaneously with the depression of any selected key. Other featuresand advantages will herein- In the accom anyin drawings, Fi ure 1 is aplan of the frdht upp er-portion ofagn Underwood typewriting machine provided Fig. 2 is .a front elevation of t e parts seen at Fig. 1, but with wardly and are united ing 26. The other bails TYPE- W RITHNG MAC INE.

; PatentedMay 14 1907.

the period key depressed. Fig. 3. is a sectional side elevation illustrating the manner of effecting simultaneousp'peration of the carriage releasing bar and adenomination OF NE YORK, N. Y., ii-CORPORATION key. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the denomination keys and stops and a portion of the releasing mechanism. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one The usualfcylindrical platen is illustrated at 1, and is mounted upon a ame, (not shown,) the latt'er mounted in the usual manner upon a carriage comprising side bars 2,and front bar 4. a The carriage is propelled by the usual spring barrel 5 and strap 6, and is rovided with a letter spacing rack 7 to mesh witha pinion 8, the latter formin part of the usual escapement or letter fee ing mechanisms Said rack is usually i'ovided at its of the denomination keys andstops;

shifting platen T ends with a pair of arms 9 ed' at 10 uponthe carriage frame and provided with a forwardly extending "depressible arm 11, so that arm, the rack may be raised clear of. the pin by depressing the ion8, and the carriage may run along freely under the influence of the propelling springfi. The carriage has afront roll 13 running upon a track 14.

Extending along the carriage irifront oi' the platen is a horizontal rock shaft 1 5 mounted in'ears 16 projecting from a bracket 17, thevlatterdetachably secured by screws-1 8 upon the top of the front carriage bar dl Said rock shaft extends through the end bar 2 of the carriage. and is provided with a short arm 19, to vibrate alever 20, and thereby depress the arm 11 of the rack frame'7, 9, and release the carriage. Arms 21 are fixed by hubs 22 uponsaid rook shaft and extend forby a bar 23, so that bydepressing said bar, the carriage may be release Mounted loosely upon the carriage releastwo sets of bails of i being nested one within another, the sets of bails being-placed ing depressiible independently, of the others. The largest bail in the left hand set is numbered 24, the next in size 25, and the sptiailest are. correspondingly numbered 27, 28, 29.

arms extending forwardly from the rock at their forward ends v rock shaft 15 between the arms 21 aregraduated sizes, the hails.

side by side, each bail be- Each bail comprises .an arm 30 and a key-bearing arm 31 both shaft. The arms are straight and parallel and arranged at letter space intervals and form a series-of six denomination stops. This number of stops is increased to eight by means of single-arm levers 32 loosely pivoted upon the shaft 15 and extending forwardly within the sn'iallest bails 26, 29, and bearing keys 33 on their forward ends. The arms31 n in the left hand set of bails diverge or fan out at the left hand side of the system of stops and hear at their forward ends denomination sated by the divergence of the levers'or arms. .31.

All of the keys, levers and. stops are preferably confined between the arms 21 of the carriage releasing bail. tion stop hails are held up by springs 40 against a stop 41. The bracket 17 is formed at its rear edge .with an upturned comb 42 to guide the rear ends of both the diverging and The front edge of the same parallel arms. plate is also bent up to form acorresponding guiding comb 43 for the same arms. It will be seen that the denomination s'top mechanism is compactly mounted upon the single plate 17 which is readily attached to the front bar of the carriage. One of the advantages of the invention resides in locating the row of keys close to the row of stops, thereby securing great compactness, the keys being con nceted to the stops at the rear portions of the latter by the use of bails; this resulting in an easy action and proper movement of both keysand stops. y I

- n operation any desired denomination key isdepresscd, the finger at the same time pressing down the release bar 23 which is in juxtaposition to all the keys. The carriage is then drawn along by the spring 5 until arrested by the engagement of the depressed stop 30 with a column stop Mprovided upon. the framework. The key and bar are then relieved of pressure and the type keys manipulated in the usual manner, the types '46 striking as usual on the front of the platen. The release bar. may have finger pieces 45 upon its ends for convenience in releasing the carriage for other purposes than tabulating; and it wil'I be seen that owing to the proximity of said. keys 45 to the row of denomina.

tion keys, the bar 23 maybe dispensed with if desired, becausethe operator can conveniently depresscither of said release keys at the same time with any selected denomination key. One of said release keys may also be dispensed with if desired, thus leaving only a set of denomination keys and a single release key which is the same one used for The denominai general purposes, the denomination keys be ing located where they are convenient to said release key. The stops .44 are adjustable along a rack 47.1nounted upon the frame- -work, said stops being pivoted upon a fixed bar 48 parallel with said rack, all as set forth in my pending application No. 315,609.-

It will be seen that the keys are not only mounted at the front of the machine where they may be conveniently seen and operated, but also that they arebelow the line of vision. That is, the'tabulating mechanism does notcome between theline of writing on i the platen and the eyes of the operator.

' Variations may be ,resorted' to within the scope of the invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a tabulating mechanism for typewritingmachines, the combination of a series of bails of graduated. sizes and. having a common pivot rod, and each comprising a cross bar and arms extending forwardly therefro'm, said hails nestedtogetherso that at one side of the nest, the bail arms lie side by side and form denomination stops; and denomination keys connected to the free forward ends of the bail arms on the other side,

of the nest.

2. In a tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines, the combination of a series .of bails of graduated sizes and having a common pivot rod, and each comprising a cross bar and arms extending forwardly therefrom, said bails nested together so that; at one side of the nest, the bail arms lie side' denomination keys connected to the free forward ends of the bail arms on the other side of the nest, thelast-mentionedarmsbeing divergent, and the s stem of keys being materially wider than t e system of bails.

3. In a tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines, the combination of two sets of bails, each bail comprising a cross-bar and arms extending forwardly therefrom,

s'aid sets placed side by side and the bails in each set being of graduated sizes, and all of the bails having a common axis of motion; the bails in each set being nested together so that at the adjoining sides of the nest, the

bail arms lie side by side and all parallel,

forming denomination stops; the remaining arms diverging forwardly upon both sides of the denomination stops and bearing denomination keys at their forward ends. I

4. In a tabulating mechanism for type-. writing machines, the combination of two sets of bails, said sets placed side by side and' the bails in eachset being of graduated sizes,

by side and form denomination stops; and

and all of the bails having a common pivotali axis of motion; the bails in each set being nested together so that at the adjoinin sides: of the neststhe bail arms lie side by si e and all parallel, formingdenomination stops; the

remaining arms diverging np onboth sides of.

the denomination stops and bearing denomination keys at their. orward ends, and additionalv denomination stops in. the form of single-arms vwithin the innermost bails and mounted up'onsa'id pivot or axis, and'having vkeys'at theirv forward ends between the'firstmentioned sets of keys. w r 5. In a tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines, the combination of two sets of bails, said sets arranged side by side,

and all the bailshaving a common axis 'or pivot rod; the bails in both sets being formed with stops, and said stops being arranged at letter-space intervals andforming denomination stops; keys mounted upon said, bails;

and: additional: denomination stops in the form of singlelarms having keys at their for ward-ends; 'allof said keys forming a,sin'g1e' of said stops forming a single row, and ;all system. I

6." In a typewritin front of said carriage andmovable independently .of one another, denomination stops connected to said keys, a bar extending along the series of 'keys and close thereto, so as to be e'ngageable directly by the same finger that depresses any key, narria e-releasing mechanism operated -by said ar, and a release key' provided upon said bar at the end of said row of keys.

7 In a tabulating mechanism for.type-. writing vmachines, the combination of a power-driven carriage, a carriage-releasing rock-shaft thereon,'- a system of in'depende'ntly operable denomination. stops pivoted upon said rock-shaft and extending for-- wardly therefronn keys rigidly connected each with its associated denomination stop and mounted directly'in front of .the stops,

.and a bail fixed upon said rock-shaft and in-.

cluding a bar extending along said keys.

8. In a tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines, the vcombination of twosets of bails, said sets placed side by side and the bails in eachset being of graduatedsizes,

and all of the bails having a commonpivotal axis of motion the bails in each set beingv nested together s6 that at the adjoining sides of the nests the bail arms lie side by side and all parallel, forming denomination, stops;

the remaining arms diverging ;upon both sides of the denomination stops and bearing denomination keys at j their, forward lends machine, the -combi 'nation with a power-- riven carriage, of a set; of denomination keys mounted upon the additional denomination-stops in the form "of single arms within the innermost bails in the nests and mounted upon said pivot or axis, and having keys at their forward ends between the first-mentioned sets of keys guides for the rear portions of the bail arms,

and guides for the forward portions of all the bail arms. v 1

. 9; In a tabulating mechanism for typewriting machines, the combination of a powerdriven carriage, a rack mounted upon and extending forwardly of said'rack a carriage-r'eleasing device being also provided upon said carriagein juxta osition to each of said keys, to enable a; singe finger to engage s-imultaneously'said releasing device and anyof said keys.

.'10. In ac tabnlating mechanism for front strike Writing: machines, the combination of two sets of bails, said sets placed side by side and the bails in each set being'of grad-- uated sizes, and all of the bails having a common pivotal axis of motion; the bails in each set being nested together so that at the adjoining sides of the nests the bail arms lie side by side and all parallel, forming denomination stops; the remaining arms diverging,

upon both sides of the denomination stops and bearing denomination keys at their forward ends; additional denomination stops in the form of single arms within the innermost bails in the nests and mounted upon said pivot 5r axis, and having keysmat their forward ends between. the first-mentioned sets of-keys; guides for the rear porv tions of the bailarms, and guides for the forward portions of allthe bail arms, ,said

guides being provided upon a bracket which is detachably secured to the front of a powerdriven carriage; a carriage releasing mech anism including a rock shaft mounted upon said bracket and constituting said pivot or axis said keys being in front of a iatenupon! said carriage and below the line 0 vision HERMAN L. WAGNER. Witnessesz v B. C. S'rIoKNnY,

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